Mar. 2] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 223

Exempting Land in the Auckland Land District from the Operation
of Part III of the Coal-mines Act, 1925

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B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me be subsection two of section one hundred and seventy-
one of the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Lieutenant-General Sir
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, the Governor-General of the Dominion of
New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the
Schedule hereto shall be exempt from the operation of Part III of
the Coal-mines Act, 1925, and do hereby further declare that this
notice shall take effect as from the date of the publication hereof
in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE

ALL that area of land in the Auckland Land District containing
by admeasurement 18 acres 2 roods and 21 perches, more or less,
being Lot 1, Deposited Plan 3243, being part of Allotment 137 of
the Parish of Waipa, and being all the land in Certificate of Title,
Volume 351, folio 169 (Auckland Land Registry).

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 16th day of February, 1950.

W. SULLIVAN, Minister of Mines.

(Mines 11/14/14.)

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Public Service Commissioner of Western Samoa Appointed

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B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the
Samoa Amendment Act, 1949, and of every other power and
authority enabling me in that behalf, I, the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

Robert Austin Malone

to be Public Service Commissioner of Western Samoa under the
Samoa Amendment Act, 1949, on and from the first day of April,
one thousand nine hundred and fifty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 27th day of February, 1950.

F. W. DOIDGE, Minister of Island Territories.

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Amended Regulations Made by the New Zealand Institute of
Architects (Incorporated)

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PURSUANT to section 21 of the New Zealand Institute of
Architects Act, 1913, the New Zealand Institute of Architects
doth hereby make the following regulations :—

REGULATIONS

1. REGULATION 3 (b) of the regulations made by the New Zealand
   Institute of Architects and published in the Gazette on the 25th day
   of November, 1937, at page 2569 (hereinafter called the principal
   regulations) is amended by the deletion of the words “as a principal.”

2. Regulation 5 (c) of the principal regulations is revoked and
   the following substituted :—

“ All members shall be subscribing members except such persons
as shall not be professionally engaged in practice as architects
but who, by reason of their eminence in art, science, or literature,
or their experience in matters relating to architecture, may appear
to the Council to be able to promote the objects of the Institute
and as to whom the Council resolves to admit them as Honorary
Fellows or Associates, or Retired Fellows or Associates.

“ An Honorary or Retired Fellow or Associate shall be entitled
to be present and to take part in the discussion on papers read at
meetings, but shall not be entitled to vote on any question or to
nominate or to be nominated for office.

“ Honorary or Retired Fellows or Associates shall not be
called upon to pay any fees or subscriptions to the Institute.

“ Members transferred to the class of life members under
Regulation 9 (b) or (c) shall be entitled to continue in practice, to
vote on any question, and to nominate or be nominated for office,
but shall not be called upon to pay any fees or subscriptions.”

3. Regulation 9 of the principal regulations is revoked and the
   following substituted :—

“ Any Fellow or Associate who—

“ (a) Has been a member for not less than twenty-five years
and has retired from practice ; or

“ (b) Has been a member for not less than twenty-five years
and has reached the age of sixty-five years ; or

“ (c) Has been a member for not less than thirty-five years
may, subject to the approval of the Council, be transferred to the
non-subscribing class of life members of the Institute and shall be
permitted to exercise all functions as a corporate member of the
Institute.”

4. Regulation 16 of the principal regulations is hereby amended
   by revoking the second paragraph thereof and substituting the
   following paragraph :—

“ The annual subscriptions payable by members of the Institute
shall be as follows :—

£ s. d.
“ Fellows in practice . . . . 7 16 6
“ Associates in practice . . . 7 16 6
“ Fellows not in practice . . . 5 5 0
“ Associates not in practice . . 3 18 9
“ Associates not in practice with less than five years
qualification as a member . . 2 12 6
“ Members residing overseas for not less than twelve
months . . . . . 1 1 0 ”

5. Regulation 37 of the principal regulations is amended by
   the addition of the words “ and his term of office shall extend from
   the annual general meeting of the Institute following his election
   as Branch Chairman to the next succeeding annual general meeting
   of the Institute.”

6. Regulation 44 of the principal regulations is amended by
   the addition of the sentence. “ Where an election takes place
   all nominees shall be advised by the Returning Officer as to the
   result of the election as soon as the Scrutineers’ report is received.”

7. Regulation 123 of the principal regulations is amended by
   revoking the words “ at the registered office.”

8. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting
   next after Regulation 124 thereof the following additional
   regulation :—

“ 124A. A member of the Council may be represented at any
meeting of the Council by a deputy who for the purposes of the
meeting will have all the powers of a Councillor. A Deputy
Councillor—

“ (a) Shall be a member of the same district as the Councillor
for whom he deputises ; and

“ (b) Shall be approved by the Branch Chairman ; and

“ (c) Shall be—

“ (i) A member elected to take office as a Councillor
as from the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting of the Institute, or

“ (ii) A member who has held office as a Councillor
up to the conclusion of the preceding annual
general meeting of the Institute.

“ All instruments appointing deputies shall be in writing under
the hand of the appointer whose signature shall be attested by a
witness and shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Institute
at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for the meeting.

“ The instrument appointing a deputy shall be in the form or
to the following effect :—

“ New Zealand Institute of Architects
“ APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY
“I, of , being a member of the New Zealand Institute of Archi-
tects, hereby appoint of as my deputy to represent me and to
vote for me at the meeting of the Council to be held on the day of
19 .
“ As witness my hand this day of , 19 .
“ Signed by the said , in the presence of—
“ Signature of witness : .
“ Address : .
“ Occupation : .
“ Approved by the Chairman of the Branch.
“ Signature of Chairman.

“ NOTE—This appointment of a deputy shall become invalid after the
conclusion of the meeting to which it refers.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing regulations were duly made
at general meetings of the members of the New Zealand Institute
of Architects held at Wellington on 17th day of February, 1943,
and 16th day of March, 1949, and in compliance with the provisions
of section 21 of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Act, 1913.

F. H. HARRIS, Secretary of the Institute.

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In pursuance of the provisions of the New Zealand Institute
of Architects Act, 1913, His Excellency the Governor-General,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council,
approves the foregoing regulations.

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General.

Approved in Council, this 22nd day of February, 1950.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.